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When meeting up with our Episcopalian neighbors

U.S. changes draft rules after 7 dead, 150 wounded, $6 billion spent on Iran War per week War should be the very last door we walk through. We should only go there after every other door has been locked tight.

Your kids are now automatically registered into the Selective Service, formerly called the military draft

#nokings #stopthewar #iran

A still photograph from the 2026 Minab school airstrike in the south of Iran.

This is not liberation.
This is not freedom.
There is no context that makes this okay.

The Texas Senate primary is a battle for the Democratic Party's soul. James Talarico is a "choir boy." Jasmine Crockett is a "street fighter." Their race will set the tone for the midterms clash to come.

Tonight's Senate primary is a battle for the Democratic Party’s soul.

The Pastor and Clerk of Session are at Presbyterian Church (USA) national campus this week in Louisville, Ky. for meetings

#pcusa #chicagopresbytery #louisville @pcusa.bsky.social

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Leadership and revenge William Howard Taft said revenge is a waste of time in politics. Liliuokalani showed that desire to be righted some day is more powerful than the urge to destroy someone today.

Let’s talk about #revenge via #WilliamHowardTaft, Queen #Liliuokalani, Bush, Clinton, et al

#nokings #leadership

#chicago #iran

Transgender Kansans sue over new law invalidating their driver's licenses The law also establishes biological-sex requirements for birth certificates and state bathrooms.

Two transgender people in Kansas have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that invalidated hundreds of residents' driver's licenses by requiring they reflect the holders' biological sex rather than their gender identities.

God sent a cleansing breath, not heat of judgment — Edgewater Presbyterian Church The Holy Spirit is not a force we can domesticate or predict. Like the waves hitting the rocks at Loyola, the Spirit moves with its own rhythm, offering a cleansing that we cannot manufacture for ours...

John 3:1-17

Illinois legislator proposes ban, murder charge for abortion; bids to reinstate death penalty Abolish Abortion Illinois Act would define a fertilized human egg as a legal person

Illinois Republican files legislation for #abortionban and make it a capital crime. He also filed to reinstitute the #deathpenalty

#reproductiverights #womensrights

Choir practice!

#pcusa #chicagopresbytery @pcusa.bsky.social

#TuckerCarlson, in an interview with Amb. Mike Huckabee, noted 80% of Americans oppose a war in Iran. Huckabee pushed back saying what the people want shouldn’t dictate foreign policy

The U.S. war machine against Iran is moving fast The USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln are both heading toward the region. Multiple destroyers. Patrol aircraft. Tankers. Command planes.

The U.S. war machine against Iran is moving fast. The lack of alarm probably means people feel like this is mere business as usual

#iran #iranwar #usmilitary #oil #colonization

First Sunday in Lent: The forbidden fruit of AI and information overload — Edgewater Presbyterian Church This desire to know the future and control every variable is exactly why we return to the beginning of the human story every Lent.

Let’s go back to the beginning on the First Sunday in #Lent: #AdamandEve in #Genesis

On Jesse Jackson, Asian Americans, and the PC(USA) — Edgewater Presbyterian Church He famously stated that we are all in the same boat, and if there is a hole in the Asian end of the boat, the whole boat is going to sink.

An intersectional history you should know: #BlackHistoryMonth, #VincentChin lynching, #JesseJackson, and the Presbyterian Church (USA)

#blackhistory #aapi #asianamerican #japaneseinternment #pcusa @pcusa.bsky.social

GOP states sue against disability rights law ‘Section 504’ It could force disabled people into nursing homes instead of receiving help in their own homes, like installing ramps or funding helpers. These states argue it’s cheaper.

If the states win this lawsuit to gut #Section504, if you need #disabilities help at home like a ramp or aides, options will be to pay for it yourself or go live in a nursing home. If your kid needs extra help at school because of #neurodiversity, pay for it yourself or send them to an institution

Ash Wednesday Liturgy

Start Lent with these Scripture readings — Edgewater Presbyterian Church Using the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue), we find ancient words that help us on our journey toward the cross.

Start Lent with these Scripture readings

#lent #ashwednesday #bible #nrsvue

We share our Edgewater Presbyterian Church building with #Muslim space-sharers, Muslim organizations, and mutual aid for Muslim people. #RamadanMubarak

#pcusa #chicagopresbytery @pcusa.bsky.social

#JesseJackson legacy goes beyond the Black community and beyond the Church. He fought for women, LGBTQ, Latino and Asian Americans, veterans, disabled and ill people, for people who had different politics and views

Getting up when the world feels heavy — Edgewater Presbyterian Church Thoughts on Transfiguration Sunday.

Anxiety stuff. #Transfiguration stuff

Today is #FrederickDouglass Day.

"I prayed with my legs” captures the core of the Frederick Douglass legacy. It reminds us that while Douglass was a man of profound faith, he understood that prayer without action remains incomplete

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory